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adj. - Thought to be devoid of danger.

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  • Since much of the rest of the economy is leveraged around the "riskless" long term bond yield, the whole economy could be depressed.
  • I have the same skepticism about the persistent treatment of social security benefits as "riskless" as long as the current administration is held at bay, that is.
  • A "riskless" asset may be an appropriate assumption for a partial analysis of financial markets, but there is no such thing as a riskless asset for the economy as...
  • It is an indicator of how much risk the investment has compared to the "riskless"
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